trine

a. [ See Trinal. ] Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. trine, trin. See Trinal. ] 1. (Astrol.) The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sextile, square, and trine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A triad; trinity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To put in the aspect of a trine. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By fortune he [ Saturn ] was now to Venus trined. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. trinervatus; pref. tri- + L. nervus nerve. ] (Bot.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]